Abstracts tagged "Environmental factors"

Abstract Number: 0978 • ACR Convergence 2024
Associations of Fire Smoke and Other Pollutants with Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Vanessa Kronzer¹, Yangyuna Yang², Punyasha Roul³, James Crooks⁴, Cynthia Crowson¹, John Davis¹, Jeffrey Sparks⁵, Jeffrey Pierce⁶, Katelyn O'Dell⁷, Sauer brian⁸, grant Cannon⁹, Joshua Baker¹⁰, Ted Mikuls² and Bryant England², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴National Jewish Health, Denver, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, ⁶Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ⁷George Washington University, Washington DC, ⁸Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Background/Purpose: Wildfires have burned increasing acreage in the United States (US) since the 1980s, releasing record and alarming levels of particulate matter smaller than 2.5…
Abstract Number: 0972 • ACR Convergence 2023
Increased Incidence of Inflammatory Arthritis After COVID-19 in a Colombian Population
Juan Marin¹, Enrique Mazenett¹, Mauricio Sarmiento¹, Rosalbina Perez¹, Claudia Morales¹, Jorge Dominguez¹, Juan Salazar² and Juan-Manuel Anaya³, ¹Coosalud, EPS, Cartagena, Colombia, ²Universidad Nacional, Medellin, Colombia, ³Coosalud, EPS, Bogotá, Colombia
Background/Purpose: An increase in the incidence of autoimmune diseases after COVID-19 has been reported. Since many diseases exhibit population-specific causal effect sizes, we aimed to…
Abstract Number: 0982 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARD) in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort: Rates of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Other SARD Among Medicare-linked Participants
Christine Parks¹, Karen Costenbader², Laura Beane Freeman³, Jonathan Hofmann³ and Dale Sandler⁴, ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Some systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have been associated with farming, specific pesticides, and…
Abstract Number: 1146 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gene X Environment Paradigm: Exemplified by Selected Cases of Autoinflammatory Diseases
Qingping Yao and Peter Gorevic, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: The current scientific opinion holds that gene and environment (G X E) interactions contribute to certain human diseases. Systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs) are usually…
Abstract Number: 1814 • ACR Convergence 2023
Silica and Other Exposures from Jobs and Hobbies Are Associated with Myositis Phenotype in a National Myositis Registry
Christine Parks¹, Jesse Wilkerson², Payam Noroozi Farhad³, Nastaran Bayat⁴, Adam Schiffenbauer⁵, Hermine Brunner⁶, Robert Goldberg⁷, Frederick Miller⁸ and Lisa Rider⁵, ¹Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, ²NIEHS/NIH, Durham, NC, ³Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Social Scientific Systems, DLH Holdings Corp, Silver Spring, MD, ⁵NIEHS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷Myositis Foundation, Alexandria, VA, ⁸NIH, NIEHS, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence suggests that environmental factors may contribute to disease phenotype among patients diagnosed with the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM),…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR Convergence 2023
Geographic Variability of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Related Mortality, 1999-2019; CDC WONDER
Saleha Aziz¹, Anum Akhlaq¹, Sana Gurz² and Yousaf Zafar¹, ¹University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, ²University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Background/Purpose: The United States makes a significant contribution to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) related disease burden worldwide. However, data on geographic variability of IBD related…
Abstract Number: 1847 • ACR Convergence 2023
Influence of Seasonal Changes on Adherence in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Cody Schmidt, Kunal Patel, Samantha Delgado, Guy Cozzi, Elisea Avalos-Reyes, W. Cliff Rutter, Rashmi Grover, Lucia Feczko, Will Cavers and Kjel Johnson, CVS Health, Woonsocket, RI
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms are suspected to be linked with exposure to colder environments. Previous studies on RA and seasonality have focused on RA…
Abstract Number: 2397 • ACR Convergence 2023
Impact of Exposure to Environmental Air Pollution on the Onset of Giant Cell Arteritis
Milena Bond¹, Alessandro Tomelleri², Maria Antonietta Reatini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Giorgio Cattani³, Lorenzo Dagna⁵, Maurizio Rossini⁶, Christian Dejaco⁷ and Giovanni Adami⁶, ¹Azienda sanitaria dell'Alto Adige, Merano, Italy, ²Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ³Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Bruneck (ASAA-SABES), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsius Medical University, Brunico, Italy
Background/Purpose: Environmental air pollution (AP) has been found to affect vascular inflammation and to contribute to the risk of onset and flare of autoimmune diseases1,2.…
Abstract Number: 122 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Juvenile Arthritis in Minnesota: Geospatial Variability and Environmental Exposures in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Colleen Correll¹, Austin Rau² and Jesse Berman², ¹University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ²University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Background/Purpose: It is widely accepted that juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, but the potential environmental triggers…
Abstract Number: 0340 • ACR Convergence 2022
Birth Order Is a Risk Factor for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nicole Shammas¹, Priya Ramani², Christopher Aston³, Ana Quintero-Del-Rio⁴, Judith James⁵, John Harley⁶, Isaac Harley⁷ and Hal Scofield⁵, ¹University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Tampa Rheumatology, Tampa, FL, ³University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴OU Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁶US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ⁷University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Birth order effects have been described in several immune and non-immune disease states. While some studies have found an increased risk of developing autoimmune…
Abstract Number: 0601 • ACR Convergence 2022
Occupational Inhaled Agents Constitute Major Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Particularly in the Context of Genetic Predisposition and Smoking
Bowen Tang¹, Qianwen Liu², Anna Ilar³, Pernilla Wiebert², Sara Hägg¹, Leonid Padyukov², Lars Klareskog², Lars Alfredsson² and Xia Jiang², ¹Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ²Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ³The National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: The lung is recognized as a primary site in the induction of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our study aims to assess the effect of common…
Abstract Number: 0631 • ACR Convergence 2022
Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Community Vulnerability: Associations with Lupus-Related Autoantibodies and Disease
Emily Vara, Dulaney Wilson, John Pearce, Jim Oates and Diane Kamen, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Background/Purpose: Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent organic pollutants found in nonstick products, water repellant fabrics, fire-retardant foams, and food packaging. Highly stable,…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Environmental Risk Factors with Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Thrombosis in 1199 International Patients Referred for Suspected Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Deanna Jannat-Khah, DrPH, MSPH¹, Jonah Levine¹, Karen Costenbader² and Doruk Erkan¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Whether environmental risk factors induce antiphospholipid antibody (aPL) positivity and increase the risk of arterial thrombosis (AT) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) in aPL-positive patients…
Abstract Number: 0802 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is There Any Relationship Between Helicobacter Pylori and Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Hui Wu, Hanmei Yuan and Chao Wu, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shen zhen, China
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint damage. Recently, several studies suggest that gut microbiota could promote RA progression. Helicobacter…
Abstract Number: 1138 • ACR Convergence 2022
Whole-Blood DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals Respiratory Environmental Traits Involved in COVID-19 Severity Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Common Molecular Signatures with Autoimmune Diseases
Guillermo Barturen¹, Elena Carnero-Montoro¹, Manuel Martinez-Bueno¹, Silvia Rojo-Rello², Beatriz Sobrino³, Clara Alcántara-Domínguez⁴, David Bernardo⁵ and Marta Alarcon-Riquelme¹, ¹Center for Genomics and Oncological Research (GENYO), Granada, Spain, ²Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain, ³Hospital Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain, ⁴Lorgen G.P., SL, Granada, Spain, ⁵Universidad de Valladolid-CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
Background/Purpose: SARS-CoV-2 causes a severe inflammatory syndrome (COVID-19) leading, in many cases, to bilateral pneumonia, severe dyspnea and in ~5% of these, death. DNA methylation…

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